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Model guilty of murder of millionaire ex-boyfriend Andrew Bush | Model guilty of murder of millionaire ex-boyfriend Andrew Bush |
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A swimwear model has been found guilty of killing her British millionaire ex-boyfriend at his home in Spain. | A swimwear model has been found guilty of killing her British millionaire ex-boyfriend at his home in Spain. |
Mayka Marica Kukucova, 26, from Slovakia, killed Bristol businessman Andrew Bush, 48, at his mansion near Marbella on the Costa del Sol in April 2014. | Mayka Marica Kukucova, 26, from Slovakia, killed Bristol businessman Andrew Bush, 48, at his mansion near Marbella on the Costa del Sol in April 2014. |
Prosecutors at the Ciudad de la Justicia in Malaga told the court he died after being shot three times; once in the shoulder and twice in the head. | Prosecutors at the Ciudad de la Justicia in Malaga told the court he died after being shot three times; once in the shoulder and twice in the head. |
Kukucova did not enter a formal plea. | Kukucova did not enter a formal plea. |
The court heard Mr Bush returned to his luxury villa near Marbella on 4 April 2014, with his new girlfriend Maria Korotaeva, while Kukucova was collecting her belongings. | |
The jury was told there had been a violent struggle moments before Mr Bush's death | |
During the trial Kukucova claimed that "shots were fired" during the fight but denied murder. | |
Mr Bush, who ran a jewellery business in Bristol, met Kukucova when she worked in his shop. | |
Kukucova told the court they were together for two-and-a-half years but the relationship had broken down around six months before Mr Bush died. |